DIY Milk Beauty recipes 


Milk is an amazing topical skin care ingredient found in many beauty products. Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra took milk baths to look beautiful and keep her skin soft. 

Benefits of milk include:

• improves complexion
• excellent cleanser
• shrinks pores
• nourishes and softens skin 
• smoothens fine lines and wrinkles
• exfoliates dead skin cells
• cures irritation 

Here are a few DIY recipes that are quick, easy and great for your skin. 

Nail strengthener


This one is easy to do. All you need is the following: 

• 1 cup milk
• microwave safe bowl

Place the milk inside the bowl and heat on high for 30 seconds in your microwave. Make sure that it does not boil/burn (you'll notice a funky smell). It should smell sweet and be warm to the touch. After washing your hands, dry them off with a towel and place your fingers/hands in the bowl of milk. Leave them there for 5 minutes. After your finished, your nails will be stronger, look beautiful and glossy and your hands will be softer. Told you it was easy!

Milk Honey and Turmeric  Mask 

1.  Mix flour, turmeric, honey and milk to make a paste. (If you have a fair or light skin make sure you use a tiny bit of tumeric). 
2. Wash your face with lukewarm water 
3. Apply a thin layer to your face and let it dry for 20 minutes
4. Wash your face with lukewarm water and for the final rinse use cold water to close your pores. 

Milk and Rose Bath Soak

Have you ever had one of those days where all you want to do is curl up under the covers and melt away into sweet dreams? Well here's another option! Try diving into a milk and rose infused bathtub. Simply light a few candles. 

Here's what you need:

1 cup whole milk

a pinch of cinnamon

½ teaspoon Vanilla

½ cup of rose petals

Once you've got everything, the rest is  easy. Draw yourself a nice warm bath. While the bathtub is filling up, make your mixture. In a medium sized bowl,  Combine all the ingredients except the rose petals.  Mix well.

Your bath should be ready to crawl into by this point. Simply pour the mixture into the water and swirl it around . Sprinkle your rose petals on top and climb in. Don't forget to relax!

Good luck with this recipes! Let me know how they work out for you.